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Alfred the Great of Wessex & Kent
(849-899)
Ealhswith of the Gaini
(-905)
Æthelhelm
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Elswitha
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Edward I the Elder of Wessex and Kent
(869-924)
Ælflaeda
(-920)
Edith of England
(-947)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Otto I the Great of Germany

Edith of England 1

  • Marriage: Otto I the Great of Germany in 929
  • Died: 26 Jan 947
  • Buried: Cathedral of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

   Another name for Edith was Eadgyth.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was a Princess of England.


Edith married Otto I the Great of Germany, son of Henry The Fowler of Germany and Mathilde of Ringelheim, in 929. (Otto I the Great of Germany was born on 23 Nov 912, died on 7 May 973 in Memleben, Thuringia and was buried in Cathedral of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.)


Sources


1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Dictionary of National Biography. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 215. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 67, 103.

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page